Hawk alumni take it to the court

Former UI athletes face off during charity basketball game

5:53 PM,
Sep. 30, 2012

Written by

Tara Bannow
| Iowa City Press-Citizen

Some of the athletes playing basketball Sunday in Carver-Hawkeye Arena were a bit out of their element.

The two teams facing off were collections of alumni Hawkeye players, but they weren't just basketball players - there were football players and wrestlers, too. The event, the Iowa Celebrity All-Star Classic, was held to benefit the Coralville nonprofit We Are The World, which teaches life skills to at-risk youth.

"I thought when I combined wrestling, football and basketball, you get fans from all three and everybody would be happy," said Cleo McConnell, executive director of We Are The ...